Been outta the game for a few years of digitizing vhs tapes and want to make sure I'm still on the right path.
The goal is to archive home videos and also put the final encoded versions on to USB sticks for various family members or a shared google drive
Capture setup: JVC HR-S7900 -> Cypress AVT-8120 -> ATI 600 USB clone ->
VirtualDub w/
Huffyuv
Capture setup: JVC HR-S7900 -> Cypress AVT-8120 -> ATI 600 USB clone ->
VirtualDub w/
Huffyuv
1. Capture - JVC settings are Video Cal - Off, Picture Control - Normal, R3 - off, Video Stabilizer -off
In VirtualDub crop edge noise to use the histogram to set levels using brightness and contrast controls. Set cropping back to 0 before capture.
2. This is where I'm slightly confused on recent threads I've read. Crop 720x480 video to 704x480. Then mask overscan noise at bottom of screen. I generally just do slight color correction with ColorMil with no other filters unless really needed.
3. Do final encode to h264 mp4 in hybrid while dinterlaing with QTGMC and resize to 640x480. Or is it worth resizing to 1440x1080 using stepped resize?
Just making sure I understand the cropping to 704 and wondering if the final resizing is worth it? Thanks